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Classic: The Baalbek Trilithon

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Introduction

The balbac trilothon is a set of three rectangular stones built into the platform of a roman aera temple. They weigh in, no exaggeration or hyperbole, about 800 tons each. We have very little evidence about why this temple was built and who designed it.

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